Chandigarh record big win over Rajasthan

Gursewak Singh slammed six goals as Chandigarh coasted to a 21-1 win over Rajasthan in the fifth Hockey India Junior Men’s National Championship (Division B) here on Thursday.

Harikrat Singh was the next major contributor with four goals while Manjinder Singh and Raj Kumar grabbed a treble each in the extremely lop-sided Pool D encounter.

Results: Pool C: Andhra Pradesh: 8 (Kamal Rajaprabhakar 8th, 23rd, Srikanth Chemudu Gunta 19th, 39th, 54th, Tarrun Kumar 33rd, Soloman Raju Madasu 50th, Sai Kiran Bonala 69th) bt Madhya Pradesh: 1 (Ashrafullah Khan 37th).

Pool C: Kerala: 3 (Ananthu Menoly Thilakan 25th, Sarang D 37th, Swalih Karathod 54th) bt Jammu & Kashmir: 2 (Sohil Azeem 33rd, Ishtiaq Hussain 61st).

Pool D: Chandigarh: 21 (Gursewak Singh 20th, 29th, 31st, 57th, 68th, 70th, Harikrat Singh 12th, 34th, 55th, 67th, Manjider Singh 22nd, 36th, 60th, Raj Kumar 28th, 48th, 51st, Sanjay Naki Ram 38th, 39th, Gursewak Singh 33rd, 66th, Sharanjit Singh 58th) vs Rajasthan: 1 (Rahul Chhapola 41st); Patiala: 6 (Parampreet Singh 18th, 46th, Jagpreet Singh 30th, Manveer Singh 50th, 59th, Randeep Singh 69th) bt Bihar: 3 (Vinit Ekka 5th, 16th, Sameer Minz 8th); Gangpur Odisha: 15 (Sushil Ekka 5th, Rasananda Khalkho 6th, 8th, Abhishek Lakra 11th, 66th, Arbin Kujur 21st, Sanjay Xalxo 27th, 32nd, 39th, Sudeep Kerketta 37th, 46th, Sibren Lakra 43rd, 48th, Andand Ekka 52nd, 54th) bt Assam: 0.